Presidential address at the opening of the third session, Nov. 2, 1876 / by Mr. Serjeant Cox.
- Edward William Cox
- Date:
- 1876
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Presidential address at the opening of the third session, Nov. 2, 1876 / by Mr. Serjeant Cox. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![ciation in. London has attracted so large and constant an attendance. But I must begin with the dryer details of business before I touch upon more exciting topics. During the last year twenty-seven new members have been elected and only three have resigned. Our finances— always a matter of the utmost importance in Associations such as this—are in a flourishing condition. Thanks to the prudence of the Council, and the economy of our Hon. Secretary, we have avoided the rock upon which so many other .Societies have been wrecked—expenditure not abso- lutely necessary to existence. Especially we have escaped the printer’s bill. Some complaints have been made that we do not print our papers and report our discussions. Our answer is, “ We cannot afford to do so at present, and we have resolved not to run into debt for any purpose, however desirable in itself. When increased income is produced by increase of numbers, we shall be prompt to publish our sayings and doings as older and wealthier societies have done. But it is our determination to keep our necessary expenditure within our income and be content to wait for luxuries. If the progress already made be continued—and we have reason for hope that it will be accelerated—the Council will not hesitate for a moment to carry out that which they desire even more than do the members.” But something has been done by way of advance. We have found a habitation, and I think all who visit us will say that a more comfortable one could not be desired. Papers have been contributed by many competent Psychologists on various branches of our great science, which show at least the wide and almost unexplored field of research that is opened to it. Each of these papers has con- tributed something to our knowledge, to which the debates that followed always made some additions. A few of those papers have been published. But not by favour. They were printed by the authors, at their own cost, and by them [148]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22443915_0004.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
